Life C2.8. Sitting At A Table
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PRATICAL-LIFE DEVELOPMENT ALBUM

CARE OF ENVIOMENT

C2.8. SITTING AT A TABLE


MATERIALS:

Table and chair from environment

PRESENTATION:

1. Approach chair from back

2. Place both hands on tip back of chair, thumbs in front and rest of fingers on back.

3. Pull chair towards yourself and away from table.

4. Pull chair out far enough away from table.

5. Walk to side of chair. Turn so your back is to side of chair.

6. Sit down slowly on chair.

7. Swing legs and body around and to front of chair.

8. Grasp sides of chair with hands.

9. Use legs and arms to scoot chair up and under table.

10. Sit at table for a few moments.

11. Grasp sides of chair again.

12. Push down with feet and push chair out and away from table.

13. Swing legs and body to side of chair.

14. Stand up carefully.

15. Walk around to back of chair and push chair in and under table.

POINTS OF INTEREST:

1. Being able to sit up close to the table.

2. Sitting down as quietly as possible.

3. Moving the chair out almost noiselessly.

4. Getting into a chair without any help.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

1. Sitting too far away from table.

2. Siting down by climbing into chair.

3. Not having enough room to sit.

4. Making too much noise, with chair and table.

5. Not being able to get up from chair.

DIRECT AIMS:

Independence, coordination, concentration and order

INDIRECT AIMS:

Learning to use a chair, learning to sit at a table correctly.

AGE:

2.5 to 6 years

VOCABULARY:

Chair, table, push, pull, sit.

NOTES:

1. Lesson for 1, 2, or 3 children only.


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